I believe that 44100 is the default; at least that's what my Cube's setting is and I haven't updated it to 10.4.10 yet. Out of curiosity, what made you change that setting to 48000, and is the change still preventing the pops??

I checked the audio settings on each of my Mac minis. The G4 Mac mini is set to 44100Hz, and the Intel Mac mini is set to 48000Hz. I have never manually changed either of these settings, so I would assume they are the default values. I am also good on the no popping front after updated to 10.4.10._________________1.42GHz Mac mini
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I'm seeing an unusually high amount of beachballs with Safari 3 after installing this update. It also takes like 15-20 seconds to launch now. I think I'm going to revert back to Safari 2. Anyone else having trouble like this?

I have been having trouble with how slow my mini is in general. It's mostly when I'm running Safari, so that may be what's causing the problem.

I also think it has to do with how much free space is left on my hard drive.

Well, I've noticed my iMac gradually get slower (doh), and these updates aren't helping. Then again, my school has iMacs with 1.5GB of RAM. Maybe I've gotten used to that?

Out of curiosity, what made you change that setting to 48000, and is the change still preventing the pops

Just thought that I would try a few things associated with audio out. Format was the first and only real option in Audio Midi Setup. I also went into configure speakers and hit apply now again. I don't know why, but I'm still snap, pop and crack free. I might try switching it back to 44100.0 Hz later and see what happens.

As mentioned by others on other forums, the problem is that the sound circuitry is going in power save mode (the thump 30 seconds after a sound) and coming back on (the thump before a sound plays).

This is normal for MacBooks on battery power, but you can't hear it with the very weak notebook speakers (particularly weak at the low frequencies of this thump). It's especially noticeable with a subwoofer. I verified it happens with 10.4.9 on my MacBook with external speakers, when the AC power is removed. Since Minis don't have batteries, it should never occur on them.

Others testify this problem of it doing it on AC occurs on the MacBook/MacBook Pro with external speakers and 10.4.10, so since I use my MacBook with external speakers (and AC power), I'm not going to do the update on it until Apple fixes the problem.

It seems as though 10.4.10 has stopped my Belkin USB/Firewire Hub(the one that sits under the Mini) from working. The firewire ports work, but the USB ports no longer power anything. I just plugged it into a different machine w/10.4.9 installed and poof it works. It's not the ports on my Mini because I have other hubs plugged into them now.

But i look at this with open arms if this is truly the last version update for mac os x tiger I would have to say what a ride.

Mac os x tiger has been one of the most greatest funnest operating systems that apple has released. In years and with my beta testing of leopard about to come to a end all i can say is mac users will not be dissapointed by the new os and apple will keep the legacy of mac os x on and on into the next version.